Day on Torts
Post 13 in our series of new legislation of interest to tort lawyers concerns the administration of in nursing homes.
Public Chapter 403 eliminates the need for nurses to provide medication to patients. Now, an aide who receives certain training is permitted to administer the following medications:
(1) Oral medications;
(2) Topical medications;
(3) Medications administered as drops to the eye, ear, or nose;; and
(4) Any of the above medications prescribed with a designation authorizing or requiring administration on an as-needed basis, but only if a nursing assessment of the patient is completed by a licensed nurse before the medication is administered.